Exploring creativity through creative artefacts and group performances: Analysis of the students’ accounts of a Masters programme in innovation, creativity and leadership

Kernan, M.A. (2015).
Exploring creativity through creative artefacts and group performances: Analysis of the students’ accounts of a Masters programme in innovation, creativity and leadership.
Paper presented at the Off the Lip: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Cognitive Innovation, 9-11 Sep 2015, Plymouth, UK.

Abstract

This paper outlines the learning outcomes of ‘Creativity and the Creative Industries’, the final module of an interdisciplinary Masters programme for post-experience management students. Its experiential workshops, led by expert practitioners, introduce artistic practices (drama, classical music, improvisation and art) and explore the nature of embodied experience (Watkins, 2014). The assessed elements include a group performance, ashowcase of individual artefacts, a reflective journal and a summative reflective report (Bolton, 2014; Entwistle, 2009; McDrury & Alterio, 2003).